Merge pull request #951 from rkingsbury/p38

drop python 3.8 support

.github/workflows/testing.yml

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       max-parallel: 6
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 

.github/workflows/upgrade-dependencies.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: ['ubuntu-latest', 'macos-latest']
         package: ["."]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:

docs/index.md

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Maggma
 
-[![Static Badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/documentation-blue?logo=github)](https://materialsproject.github.io/maggma) [![testing](https://github.com/materialsproject/maggma/workflows/testing/badge.svg)](https://github.com/materialsproject/maggma/actions?query=workflow%3Atesting) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/materialsproject/maggma/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/materialsproject/maggma) [![python](https://img.shields.io/badge/Python-3.8+-blue.svg?logo=python&logoColor=white)]()
+[![Static Badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/documentation-blue?logo=github)](https://materialsproject.github.io/maggma) [![testing](https://github.com/materialsproject/maggma/workflows/testing/badge.svg)](https://github.com/materialsproject/maggma/actions?query=workflow%3Atesting) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/materialsproject/maggma/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/materialsproject/maggma) [![python](https://img.shields.io/badge/Python-3.9+-blue.svg?logo=python&logoColor=white)]()
 
 ## What is Maggma
 
 Maggma is a framework to build data pipelines from files on disk all the way to a REST API in scientific environments. Maggma has been developed by the Materials Project (MP) team at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
 
-Maggma is written in [Python](http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/) and supports Python 3.8+.
+Maggma is written in [Python](http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/) and supports Python 3.9+.
 
 ## Installation from PyPI
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ classifiers=[
         "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
     ]
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
         "setuptools",
         "ruamel.yaml>=0.17",